Wasn't it fortunate for him that Refia came from a world where a person's worth was what they made of it. She was quite used to treating people like people because of that, as were the royals she knew at home.

Alfa warked and turned her head to nudge her mistress with her beak, trying to dislodge her - Refia was practically clinging to the feathers now. "I-I'm not that special, I just like chocobos... We have forest at home but none of them are quite like this..." Except she wasn't looking up, trying to get her rampant blushing under control first so Delita didn't ask any strange questions.